[MyData & Open Data] Swedish Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board scrutinizes Google cloud services to host students data

Fri Mar 7 16:16:33 UTC 2014

On 07/03/14 09:51, Sally Deffor wrote:
> Hi Mattias,
>
> Well, what can I say? :-
=)
>
> Thanks! I guess we are using this pad
> now http://pad.okfn.org/p/Privacy_at_OKFestival_14
Great! I'm sending out an update with the link to the contributors of
the old one now. :)
Best,
Mattias
>
> Sally
>
>
> On 6 March 2014 21:07, Mattias <mattias at okfn.se
> <mailto:mattias at okfn.se>> wrote:
>
>     On 06/03/14 21:09, Sally Deffor wrote:
>>     [quote snipped] Actually I haven't heard of any but I would
>>     imagine that there are, we would just need to find those as they
>>     are important considerations when developing  the key data
>>     principles on this project.
>     @Sally OK. I could look more in to that. In general I think we
>     should look for if there are any laws or rules in different
>     countries that could lay a good foundation for key data principles
>     on this project.
>
>>     Regarding the question about the hackpad, do you mean the
>>     pre-festival planning etherpad
>>     (http://pad.okfn.org/p/OKFestival_Meetups)?
>     @Sally No I mean
>     https://privacyatokfest14.hackpad.com/Privacy-at-OKFestival-14-pGhPWAiQPIQ.
>     I might be speaking only for myself but as a privacy-enthusiast it
>     feels contradictory to work there when it features multiple
>     cookies & trackers from: google-analytics, facebook, mxnpnl and more.
>
>>     Well, we haven't figured out yet whether any of our proposed
>>     activities would be a  pre-event, if it is we would migrate it to
>>     the etherpad, but for now we are still using the WG hackpad
>>     (https://privacyatokfest14.hackpad.com/Privacy-at-OKFestival-14-pGhPWAiQPIQ).
>>
>     @Sally I took the freedom to migrate it now to
>     http://pad.okfn.org/p/Privacy_at_OKFestival_14
>     - Join me, we got privacy covered! ;)
>     Best,
>     Mattias
>
>>
>>     Cheers,
>>
>>     Sally
>>
>>
>>     On 6 March 2014 15:34, Mattias <mattias at okfn.se
>>     <mailto:mattias at okfn.se>> wrote:
>>
>>         On 06/03/14 10:22, Sally Deffor wrote:
>>>         Hi Mattias,
>>>         [quote snipped]
>>>
>>>         I thought it would be particularly interesting to see, (with
>>>         the Swedish Personal Data Act being 15yrs), whether any
>>>         special principles have been included/changed that take
>>>         account of third party access in relation to opening up
>>>         personal data.
>>         That is an interesting point. Have you heard of any such
>>         principles before? In this case it seems like it is
>>         conflicting with the PUL (Personal Data Law) from 1998 which
>>         aims to protect citizens from exactly the situations that the
>>         data seem to end up in with the case of Google storage services.
>>
>>         I could try to get in touch with them when I have time and
>>         see what they say about this case. I agree this is
>>         interesting, whether this PUL-law is unique or actually just
>>         enforced harder by the Oversight Board.
>>
>>         By the way have you migrated the MyData hackpad to OKFN-pad yet?
>>
>>         Best,
>>         Mattias
>>
>>>
>>>         Best,
>>>         Sally
>>>
>>>
>>>         On 5 March 2014 19:23, Mattias <mattias at okfn.se
>>>         <mailto:mattias at okfn.se>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Hello MyData-list,
>>>
>>>             Something similar to what Lancelot posted happens in
>>>             Sweden. The equivalent to the  Privacy and Civil
>>>             Liberties Oversight Board (Datainspektionen) are
>>>             scrutinizing the use of Google Apps for Education in
>>>             public schools. Because of conflict with privacy law.
>>>
>>>             This is not the first time that the Oversight Board says
>>>             no to Google Apps. it's been highlighted in other cases,
>>>             reported by IT-media globally before.
>>>
>>>             Best regards,
>>>             Mattias
>>>             OKFN Sweden
>>>             Community Manager
>>>
>>>             This case: (Swedish)
>>>             http://www.datainspektionen.se/press/nyheter/2014/datainspektionen-granskar-malmo-skolors-molntjanster/
>>>
>>>             Earlier examples (EN):
>>>             http://www.thelocal.se/20130917/50288
>>>             http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/06/14/sweden-google-data-protection/
>>>             http://www.zdnet.com/sweden-tells-council-to-stop-using-google-apps-7000016850/
>>>             http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9239931/Swedish_regulator_rejects_city_s_Google_Apps_deal
>>>             (SV)
>>>             http://www.datainspektionen.se/Documents/beslut/2011-09-30-salems-kommun.pdf
>>>             http://www.datainspektionen.se/press/nyheter/2013/fortsatt-nej-for-kommun-att-anvanda-molntjanst/
>>>
>>>
>>>             On 08/02/14 10:12, Lancelot PECQUET wrote:
>>>>             Hi,
>>>>
>>>>             Interesting news in France: Google was fined by the
>>>>             "Commission Nationale Informatique & Libertés"
>>>>             (French equivalent of the Privacy and Civil Liberties
>>>>             Oversight Board) but, more interestingly, demanded
>>>>             to display its sentence on google.fr <http://google.fr>
>>>>             (cf. attachment), in large fonts.
>>>>
>>>>             Best,
>>>>
>>>>             L
>>>>
>>>>             -- 
>>>>             Lancelot PECQUET - http://lancelot.pecquet.org -
>>>>             @LancelotPecquet <http://twitter.com/LancelotPecquet>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             _______________________________________________
>>>>             mydata-open-data mailing list
>>>>             mydata-open-data at lists.okfn.org <mailto:mydata-open-data at lists.okfn.org>
>>>>             https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/mydata-open-data
>>>
>>>
>>>             _______________________________________________
>>>             mydata-open-data mailing list
>>>             mydata-open-data at lists.okfn.org
>>>             <mailto:mydata-open-data at lists.okfn.org>
>>>             https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/mydata-open-data
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         -- 
>>>         *Sally Deffor
>>>         Open Data & Privacy Project Coordinator |
>>>         skype:deffor.selase | @SDeffor | +44 (0)7774 734206
>>>         <tel:%2B44%20%280%297774%20734206>
>>>         The **Open Knowledge Foundation* <http://okfn.org/>
>>>         */Empowering through Open Knowledge/
>>>         **http://www.okfn.org* <http://www.okfn.org/>*| **@okfn*
>>>         <https://twitter.com/OKFN>*| **OKF on Facebook*
>>>         <http://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork>*| **Blog*
>>>         <http://blog.okfn.org/>*| **Newsletter*
>>>         <http://okfn.org/?s=Newsletter>**
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     *Sally Deffor
>>     Open Data & Privacy Project Coordinator | skype:deffor.selase
>>     | @SDeffor | +44 (0)7774 734206 <tel:%2B44%20%280%297774%20734206>
>>     The **Open Knowledge Foundation* <http://okfn.org/>
>>     */Empowering through Open Knowledge/
>>     **http://www.okfn.org* <http://www.okfn.org/>*| **@okfn*
>>     <https://twitter.com/OKFN>*| **OKF on Facebook*
>>     <http://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork>*| **Blog*
>>     <http://blog.okfn.org/>*| **Newsletter*
>>     <http://okfn.org/?s=Newsletter>**
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> *Sally Deffor
> Open Data & Privacy Project Coordinator | skype:deffor.selase
> | @SDeffor | +44 (0)7774 734206
> The **Open Knowledge Foundation* <http://okfn.org/>
> */Empowering through Open Knowledge/
> **http://www.okfn.org* <http://www.okfn.org/>*| **@okfn*
> <https://twitter.com/OKFN>*| **OKF on Facebook*
> <http://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork>*| **Blog*
> <http://blog.okfn.org/>*| **Newsletter* <http://okfn.org/?s=Newsletter>**

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/mydata-open-data/attachments/20140307/175d8fd8/attachment-0003.html>